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Martinsville bakery creates Ukrainian cookies to help raise money

Bill Wyatt
Mar 10, 2022
Mar 10, 2022 Updated Apr 15, 2023
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Ukrainian cookies

Ukrainian cookies created at Rising Sun Breads in Martinsville are heart-shaped with the Ukrainian colors of blue and yellow.

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Chris Metz

George Christopher Metz, a Martinsville High School graduate and son of Gordon and Brenda Metz of Figsboro, holds a sign at the Ukrainian border with Poland, offering help to fleeing Ukrainians. Metz is a volunteer for Doctors Without Borders.

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Pearson and Turner

Council members Tammy Pearson (left) and Danny Turner at Rising Sun Breads to pick up the first batch of Ukrainian Cookies that will be sold to raise money for Doctors Without Borders, an organization helping Ukrainians safely flee their country amid a war with Russia.

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Ukrainian cookies

Ukrainian cookies in the process of being decorated at Rising Sun Breads on Martinsville. The cookies will be sold for $5 each with all of the proceeds donated to Doctors without Borders.

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MARTINSVILLE — A local bakery is helping to raise money to assist Ukrainians who are fleeing their country in the midst of a military invasion by Russia.

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Bill Wyatt is a reporter for the Martinsville Bulletin. He can be reached at 276-638-8801, Ext. 2360. Follow him @billdwyatt.

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